Friday, September 24, 2010

Ultra Thin LED Battery Sets in stock!

We have just got a wide selection of Ultra Thin LED sets in stock! These sets are some of the coolest light strings period, these sets run on 3 "AA" batteries, have 18 Miniature LEDs on bendable wire.

The LEDs on these sets are Surface Mount LEDs and are typically directly on circuit boards in computers, electronics, toys, etc. But the are soldered to the wire and covered in a drop of silicone, they are vibrant, bright, and perfect for a multitude of decorating projects.

These sets are perfect for craft projects such as lighting Glass block and Wine bottles. You can even decorate costumes (perfect for Halloween and theater productions)! These sets are great for decorating greenery, the small wires are easy to hide and disappear at a distance. Putting them in garland looks great and they are perfect for table centerpieces.

We are happy to now carry more colors, we have Pure White, Warm White, Amber, Red, Green, and Blue available and ready to ship! Order early last season we sold out these sets in a few weeks and once they are gone we may not be able to get any more until next season.

Click here to visit the site.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Halloween light strings and displays

Halloween is almost upon us and many of us like to decorate our homes with spooky lights and decorations. We have tried to have a large selection of lights, displays, and decorations for Halloween. We have Painted Orange C7 and C9 bulbs that will look great on Black wire, which you can decorated around your house and yard with. We carry Orange lights on Black wire for our mini lights which are great for decorating trees and bushes and decorating inside the house as well.

Our line of Displays includes some very cool Halloween light displays. We offer many styles of displays lit with both incandescent lights and LED lights. There are Jack o lanterns and pumpkins, bats, witches, ghosts, haunted houses, tombstones, to just name a few of the types of displays we offer.

We also have specialty light strings! Pumpkin lights, Scare crows, and more. Please visit the site and check out our Halloween section of the site!

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Zach

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Adding speakers to a musical Christmas controller.

We've gotten some calls about out newest musical christmas controller, asking if you can use different speakers with the unit or add more speakers.

You can use a different speaker, the stock speaker is 8 ohms and we recommend matching the ohms. The bottom of the controller unit has a speaker out that is has a phono plug (RCA plug) jack so you will have to either have a speaker cable with that type of connector or make your own like we had to do in our office.

I used a old guitar cable which had bad 1/4" plugs but you can use cable with a positive and negative wire (even just normal 18 gauge wire will work, but may not sound the best), I wired up a solderless phono plug to the wire (I recommend soldering the wires if you plan to use this cable for multiple seasons) and stripped the other end so I could clip it into the back of the shelf stereo speaker I was testing.

I tested out the stock speaker, just for a comparison of the sound quality, plugged in the new speaker and it worked like a charm. Not only was the larger speaker better sounded but louder. The stock speaker is by no means bad, but the better the speaker the better the sound quality of course.

The other big question we get asked a lot is if the unit has a Line out. A line out is used to send the audio signal to another amplifier source of some sort. This unit does not TECHNICALLY have a line out. I have not tried using the speaker out as a line out, and I do NOT recommend this method. The speaker out is a powered output, meaning, it sends the powered signal from the units amp to the speaker and is not like a Line out.

The simplest solution is to go to a electronic store or most department stores electronics sections have a Y splitter cable from your audio source. This allows you to plug the Y splitter into your mp3 player then one side of the Y you can connect to the controller unit and the other side you can send out to an separate external amplifier. So you have your signal coming to the controller to control the lights and the other signal powering a external speaker source.

I hope this helps clear the air about this new unit. Thanks! Click here to see the controller on the site.

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Zach

Monday, August 30, 2010

Faders are back.

We are happy to be offering a new Fader. Our previous fader was very popular and the future of it's production is up in the air. In the mean while our new 2 channel Fader is in stock and ready to ship.

This Christmas light fader offers two channels, rated at 2.5 amps each. That's 750 mini light bulbs per channel, so one fader unit can handle quite a few lights. The box has a Speed knob, the unit fade slowly between the channels or go fast enough to simulate a flicker effect. This fader has a tab to fasten it via screw to a wall, but we recommend always protecting them from the elements in some way.

These Christmas Faders are only 34.97 are perfect for adding some movement to your Holiday decorations! Check out the site for even more info. Click Here

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Zach

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Options for Icicle Lights

We are constantly trying to expand what products we carry and I admit that the plethora of similar products can be a bit overwhelming and confusing. This is true for our Icicle lights. Icicle lights are staple during the Christmas season, easy to decorate with and great looking. We have carried Icicle sets for years and are constantly trying to keep the widest selection of lights available.

In efforts to bring the most options to the table we have expanded our standard 100 Count Icicle lights. We now carry 3 different styles of just the standard 100 count sets on Green and White wire.

ICICLE-100-GW-C
  • Our Preferred Set! 100 Clear Icicle Lights on Green Wire - 8.5' Lighted Length with 5" approximate spacing between drops - 18 Drops- Longest icicle drop is 22.75" - 6" Lead and 4" Tail
  • These sets are THE BEST for decorating. The short leads allow you to have less wire between sets which makes putting these sets up on a gutter or around your roof so much easier.
ICICLE-100-GW-C-LL
  • 100 Clear Icicle Lights on Green Wire - 5' Lighted Length (7' in total length) with 3" approximate spacing between drops - Longest icicle drop is 15.5" and shortest 7.5" - 24" Lead and 4" Tail - All drops are approx.
  • These are the sets we've carried for years, they are reliable and good looking sets. They are perfect if you need a longer lead on your set if you need to bridge gaps without having to black out lights.
ICICLE-100-GW-C-Long Drops
  • Newest Set! 100 Clear Icicle Lights on Green Wire with Extra Long Drops - 9' Total Length with 6" approximate spacing between drops - 18 Drops- Drops range in length from 15" to 30" - 4" bulb spacing on drops - Bulbs clip to wire for a uniform look - 5 sets End to End
  • This is our newest icicle set. It has many advantages over previous sets we've carried. It has the same short leads, long Icicle drops, clips on the sockets to keep the bulbs pointing towards the ground, and you can plug 5 sets end to end (That's over 40 feet of lighted length on one run)
Most of these come with Clear bulbs on either White or Green wire. Please visit the site if you're interested in checking out our entire selection of Christmas lights. Click Here.

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Zach